Best Pocket Pair alternatives: apps like Pocket Pair

3+ similar apps compared and reviewed

4.5 avg rating
3 free apps
Updated October 2026

Whether you want more options like Pocket Pair or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 3+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to Pocket Pair

eNES: NES & SNES Retro Emu#2

eNES: NES & SNES Retro Emu by Mattia La Spina

NES & SNES Games with TAS
Strong Contender
🛠️ Developer Tools
4.4😐(185 ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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Relive classic NES and SNES gaming on iOS with this lightweight retro emulator. Enjoy features like automatic saving, external controller support, and customizable on-screen controls for an optimized nostalgic experience.

What We Love

  • 👍 Great emulator for retro games
  • 🚀 Supports Dendy, Sega, and SNES games
  • 📦 Lightweight and easy to use
  • 🌟 Good support from developers
  • ✅ No ads reported by one user

Room to Improve

  • 👎 Controls are difficult and unresponsive
  • 👎 Directional buttons are problematic
  • 👎 Games often unplayable due to controls
  • 👎 Lacks essential buttons like reset
  • 👎 Some games have missing audio tracks
  • 👎 ROM compatibility issues
  • 👎 Difficult to add ROMs
  • 👎 Subscription required for progress saving
  • 👎 App crashes frequently
  • 👎 Not user-friendly
  • 👎 Some games are not included
  • 👎 Small touch buttons
  • 👎 No local netplay
  • 👎 Limited emulator support for mappers
  • 👎 Can't press A and B buttons simultaneously
  • 👎 ROMs larger than 200K not supported
  • 👎 No turbo button functionality
  • 👎 Screen controller needs improvement
  • 👎 Diagonal directions not working
  • 👎 Left direction sometimes not working
  • 👎 No fluid switch for directions
  • 👎 Back button doesn't work
  • 👎 Some ROMs don't load
  • 👎 User interface not customizable
  • 👎 No corner buttons for shooting
Userscripts#3

Userscripts by Justin Wasack

User Script and Style Manager
Worth Considering
🛠️ Developer Tools
4.3😊(190 ratings)
Free
#24in Developer Tools
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This open-source Safari extension allows you to run custom JavaScript and CSS code on any website. Enhance your browsing experience with personalized styling, automatic redirects, and ad-blocking.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Works well to inject CSS on iPad in Safari
  • 👍 Best thing since sliced bread
  • 💡 Allows you to do thousands of things that were previously desktop only
  • 🔒 Very stable and works flawlessly with Safari
  • 👍 Excellent Safari extension
  • 👍 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
  • 👍 Allows you to fix accessibility issues on various sites
  • 👍 Allows you to customize your web experience
  • 👍 Works with TamperMonkey scripts
  • 👍 Powerful way to improve and extend websites
  • 👍 Intuitive and simple Userscripts Manager
  • 👍 Elegant and easy to use
  • 👍 Solid, easy-to-use extension
  • 👍 Must-have extension for Safari
  • 👍 Simple, clean, does what it needs to

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Satisfactory to an extent, stops working sometimes
  • 🐛 Broke until reinstall
  • 🐛 Slowed my Safari down to a crawl
  • 🐛 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
  • 🐛 It's been way too unpredictable for a while now
  • 🐛 Good for the first ever use, then from the second use it is broken
  • 🐛 Shows a distracting notification dot
  • 🐛 Doesn't work most of the time
  • 🐛 Doesn't work anymore